 What's happening? It's Shane here and this is another highly requested video. It's going to be the math degree tier list. You know the drill. Smash the like button to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm and also just to show some respect for all the work I've been putting in. We're getting towards the end of this 30 day challenge. It has been a real grind. It's also been a lot of fun, but I admit I've been going a little bit crazy trying to write all these scripts and do all this research. But anyways, in this video, we're going to be ranking the common math related degrees. Some of them are obviously just going to be better than some of the other ones. And then a lot of the time there's degrees that have certain characteristics that are going to be really good depending on who you are. So without further ado, let's jump right in and we're going to start ranking them. So first of all, let's start off with one of the most difficult degrees out there, which is going to be a physics degree. Now chances are you're not going to be interested in math related degrees if you're not good at math or you don't have a passion for it. But even if you are really good at math from what I've heard, physics is one of the most difficult degrees that you can get. Now I've gone over this in more detail in other videos, but physics does have really good statistics when it comes to how much you get paid after a four year degree. And this is despite the fact that it has that issue where a lot of people who graduate with a physics degree don't end up working as physicists. If you do want to work as a physicist, you'll likely have to go to grad school and get at least a master's level degree, if not maybe even a doctor it. But the reason that physics is still a really good major is because of the fact that it's really well respected and you'll probably end up working in either the technology industry or maybe the finance industry. Business owners and hiring managers love people that graduate with physics degrees because it's very similar to engineering. You know, when you hire someone who's an engineer or a physics graduate, you really know what you're going to get. You're going to get someone who's extremely smart and also extremely hardworking. Now because of the difficulty of this major and then the problem with it not being a very clear cut path to what career you're going to go into, I'm going to have to go ahead and put this one into A tier. The next one on the list is going to be a mathematics degree and I do know that there are several different types of math degrees, but just for the sake of time in this video, I grouped them all into one. Now this is another major that is extremely well respected and you'll see that companies love hiring people who have skills that are related to mathematics and this is even for jobs that don't actually have all that much math in them. Now a pure mathematics degree is a little bit too abstract and it can be somewhat difficult to apply to the real world and that's why when it comes to math, I think it's good to either double major or minor and something else that can more easily make it to where you can apply it to the real world and that's why I think it's a good idea to either double major or minor in something else in order to avoid this issue. A math degree with a business or a finance degree for instance would be a very good combination. Now it's not obvious what you'll do right after graduating with a mathematics degree so this is one where you absolutely have to do your research. Very few people who graduate with a mathematics degree become mathematicians. Overall if you look up the statistics for this one, it does rank pretty well and so for that reason on this list, I'll go ahead and put it into B tier. Next one on the list is going to be statistics and this one is a lot like a mathematics degree but the statistics in statistics are a little bit better. That's a tongue twister. So what you learn with a degree like this is going to be a lot more applicable to the real world. This is another example and this is very common. You'll notice this with a lot of the math related degrees where people who graduate with this degree very rarely end up becoming statisticians. So it's important for you to do your research, probably take some extra classes and maybe computer programming or business or something along those lines and as long as you do that you'll have a very well rounded skill set. Overall statistics is going to go into A tier. Next one on the list is going to be actuarial science or actuarial mathematics. Now the great thing about this one is it doesn't have a lot of the same issues that other math degrees have when it comes to the skills that you learn translating to the real world. This one is kind of like a hybrid between business and math and a lot of people who graduate with an actuary degree will become actuaries for big companies. Now there's a lot of little things about this degree like there's a bunch of tests that you have to pass in order to start earning the really good money and that might take you several years because these tests apparently are very very difficult but with that in doubt actuarial science has some of the best statistics on the entire list. Now a lot of people would find this kind of work a little bit boring but if it's something that would appeal to you then this is going to be a great choice. Actuarial science is going to go into high A tier status. Next one on the list is going to be engineering and there's so many different types of engineering degrees. I've broken it down in other videos which ones I think are better but overall any type of engineering is going to be relatively good and it's such a good choice because it takes some of those abstract kind of mathematical skills that you learn and it teaches you how to apply that to the real world. Now engineering is another one that has that reputation of being really difficult but a lot of the math degrees are like that and I've talked about this in other videos before but engineering graduates actually create the most millionaires out of any type of degree and that's for many different reasons but I think one of the biggest ones is it's basically a way of teaching people how to take an idea and make it actually exist in the real world and that's kind of just like advanced problem-solving aka entrepreneurship. Now I have talked about in my other videos how I think engineering is a little bit overrated just because of the fact that it's been overhyped for pretty much decades. Whenever you have a career or profession that gets hyped over a long period of time eventually it's probably going to become somewhat saturated. We've seen this happen with lawyers doctors and all kinds of other different professions. Now I'm not saying that engineering is completely over saturated again you can check out my opinion on that in the other videos that I've made. All I'm saying is it's not as straightforward as it used to be. It used to be that a mechanical engineering degree would lead to you to becoming a mechanical engineer and a lot of the time now that's just not true but overall I still love engineering degrees one of the most difficult majors out there but also one of the majors that will really teach you a lot. Engineering is going to go into S tier. Next on the list is going to be economics and yes I realize that economics isn't technically a math related degree however a lot of people who are good at math might be looking into this degree and so I decided to include it on this list. Now it can be a little bit difficult for you to get your first job after graduating with an economics degree so it's very important for you to work on your skills you know take extra math classes or maybe computer programming classes you also want to network and go for internships and all that other sort of stuff that I talk about in my other videos but this can be a really good one to pair with either another math degree or a business degree when it comes to minoring or double majoring so I get it this one is not totally related to math but I almost didn't even put it on the list but I'll go ahead and put this one into B tier. Okay so next one on the list is going to be data science and this one is probably going to surprise some people. Now this is a really popular one right now and it's got a lot of hype around it and I can say that this one is kind of a dark horse candidate and it could end up being s tier in the future but from the research I've done in order to become a data scientist you have to get a master's degree. Now in the future I see a lot more demand for this particular skill but because of the fact that generally speaking you have to get a master's level degree in order to get into data science I just I cannot recommend it unfortunately. Right now this one is going to go into D tier. You guys know how I feel about graduate level degrees you want to avoid them if possible. Next on the list is going to be accounting and this is another one that's technically a business degree however if you love crunching numbers you really like math accounting might be a good idea for you. Now I did an entire video about accounting so I'm not going to get into it very much in this video but this is a business degree that is really good if you pair it with another type of degree so you can either double major and minor and either a math degree or maybe computer science or at the very least you can take extra classes and learn skills in computer science. One of the reasons this is such a good degree is because it doesn't have that common problem that a lot of the other math degrees where it's not obvious what you can do after you graduate. Accountants generally will not have any issue whatsoever finding their first job right after graduating and so this can be a really good one. I'm going to go ahead and put this one in C tier and by the way I just want to mention that even though you know data science is in D tier accounting is in C tier that doesn't mean these aren't still really really good degrees it's just when you compare them to other math related degrees that's why they're in the lower tiers. Next one on the list is going to be finance and this is another one kind of related to accounting where it is technically a business degree and this is another example of a degree where if you just get your finance degree depending on what program you go to you might not learn that much math however it pairs really well with mathematics degrees so it would be a great combo even better than accounting in my opinion and if whatever university you're going to if they're not emphasizing the mathematics side of finance you need to take extra classes or you need a double major or something along those lines because these two pair together so well finance is going to go into B tier. All right I'm going to have to put computer science on here because computer science is extremely math heavy my subscribers make fun of me all the time for how much I hype computer science but it's just because it's so obvious to me that this one is going to be extremely valuable in the future and trust me when I say I am learning a little bit of computer science myself because that's how valuable I think this skill is I'm actually thinking about doing some projects where I include a little bit of computer science on this channel for instance but this one pairs really well with math degrees and it also has quite a bit of math in it just on its own so CS is going to obviously go into S tier next one on the list is going to be aerospace science slash aerospace studies and this is a little bit of a niche degree that not a lot of people know about it is very math heavy and it's one that I think you should consider if you have a passion for things that fly through the air now the stats on this one are exceptional one of the best on the entire list without a doubt there's not that many people that graduate with a aerospace science degree every year and so that could be kind of messing with the data a little bit but overall this is a great one especially if you're passionate about airplanes and jets and you know spacecraft and all that sort of thing so I'll go ahead and put this one into a tier next one on the list is going to be mathematics teacher education so I hate that this one is going to be so low on the list I wish things weren't this way but unfortunately the stats for this one just aren't very good when you compare them to all of the other math related degrees now if you have the skills to be really successful with a math degree I have to say there's just a lot of better options out there and I'm not going to get into it very much but yeah this degree does not have very good stats and so for that reason it's going to go into F tier now as you noticed on this list you could see several things pop up over and over again first of all a lot of the math degrees can be somewhat kind of abstract and a little bit too general and so you see all the time people who graduate with math degrees for instance end up working in the tech industry or finance or they might end up becoming a software engineer I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing software engineers get paid really well it's a highly coveted skill and the technology industry and the finance industry are two of the best that you can work in all I'm saying is that it's very important for you to have a plan and because of the fact that a lot of these degrees are a little bit abstract I think it's a good idea to pair them with something else so for instance you could pair a math degree with a business degree or you could take extra computer programming classes just to prepare yourself the big thing is that when you're early on in your career especially when you're trying to get your first job you want to make yourself as marketable as possible so this brings me to the number two thing on the list which is you really really need to have a plan don't just graduate with a mathematics degree and think that people are going to be knocking on your door wanting to hire you yes hiring managers and business owners love hiring people who have these skills just because they're so rare but the same time you want to show them that you can help them grow their business or you can use your math skills in order to help the business out it's important for you to research what career you want to go into what industry you want to go into maybe even the company that you want to work for and I talk about this in a lot of my other videos on how you can do that and the number three thing that I want to mention is that math degrees are relatively difficult not that many people are good at math not that many people actually like math so when you graduated with a math related degree you're going to have a huge leg up on a lot of the competition just because there's not that many people who have the skills or even want to have the skills to be good at math I don't see this changing anytime in the near future unfortunately so I think a lot of these math related degrees are relatively future proof let me know what you guys think about this video in the comments below I know that I'm going to get some comments especially on the data science one that's a really popular one and I did research on it and I just could not justify putting it any higher than D tier and then check out my other videos right here and always make sure to smash the like button hit the subscribe button and all that sort of thing